A 5-year-old British girl and her 66-year-old grandfather have drowned in Portugal after being dragged off the beach by waves.

Lara Lewis and Brian O’Dwyer got into trouble in the resort of Nazare to the north of the capital city of Lisbon.

The girl’s parents were on the beach in the resort but were unable to help.

They were pulled out of the sea by fishermen.

8 people have died on Portuguese beaches so far this summer.

Journalist Cathy Morris is on the Algarve.

She says the coastline there is usually quite safe.